The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-04-06
BOONS.
A Few Extracts From the State
Press.

N<bh hN Luz AdDlu. w e dlG III
formed that twenty families from
Wisconsin have settled near the riv
er, ten miles southwest of here.
Eureka Springs Echo The real
estate boom is still advancing. and
so are the prices. Be careful, that
you don't let the prices advance
ahead Of the boom.
Serpent, (Logan County) A new
south Is last being developed and
there is bright outlook for all her
material interests. Our State is in
the procession.
Fayetteville Democrat: It's stated
positively that work on the Fayette
vile and Little Rock road will be re-
sumed at once. Six and one half
more miles of the road will be com
pleted at an early day.
Eureka Springs Trnes: The Eu.
reka Smelter Company are making
arrangements for again starting up
their copper mines, quite force Of
hands with CAP Pollock having
started for Tomahawk on Saturday
last
Conway Log Cabin: There is no
power under the sun can keep back
the boom that is In store for all Ar.
kansas. Influence may delay and
have delayed the rapid progress that
will soon burst upon our State, but
a country that has such variety Of
resources can not be kept down.
Jackson County Herald: Grand
Glaze Station, St. Louis, Iron Noun
tain and Southern railroad Is taking
quite boom. All freight and sup.
plies for the gold mines in lndepend
ence county are now shipped to this
point, it being more accessible to
the nine. Mr.. Frank Jacobs has
the contract for hauling the goods
| from the station to the mine.
Malvern Meteor: We are unques
tionably on the eve of mineral de.
velopmen;, in the immediate vicinity
of Malvern, that may compare with
the excitement at Leadville or the
Black Hills few years ago. Recent
uImistakable rich mineral finds near
Malvern and in an extensive region,
near Bismarck, in this county, in
volving the discovery of gold, silver,
manganese and coal, bid fair to pro
| lduce an activity and attract u umer
Gus population never dreamed OF in
the past.
Altus Franklin county) Albion:
Our coal discoveries are not chi
merical nor the delusion of fancy, or
dlsordered brain, but sohd fact,
tangible and easy to work. We only
want capital to develop it, We have
everything else necessary to develop
the mineral in this township. We
trust and believe that the time is
not far distant when the hillsides
and valleys will be dotted with the
camps of the jolly and energetic
miner, and the mountains and val.
leys will resound with the clank of
machinery, the whistling and putting
of locomotives pulling cars of coal.
Boonville Enterprise: The Sylph
Mining Company, will commence op.
erations and sink shaft on the
Golden Era lode. BY recent returns
from st. Louis, this lode runs $400
in gold to the ton of ore, besides car
rying other minerals of sufficient val
ne to pay for working, and the ledge
is over two feet in thickness at a
depth of ten feet.
Ten tons of ore will be shipped to
St. Louis from the Golden Era lode
for q mill run as soon as it can be
hauled to the nearest railroad sta
tion, for the purpose of determining
the proper machinery for the pur-
pose Of working this fabulously rich
vein. Carl Whitney, foreman OF the
Emily Mining Company's forces, has
started shaft No. on the Golden
Era lode, and, we learn, struck the
main vein at depth Of eight feet
from the surface, which shows very
riah